Culture

Cis people in Hollywood need to stay out of trans folks’ business

“Coming 2 America” is the latest film to include an anti-trans joke

By Tre’vell Anderson

That’s the Way It Is

When it comes to Harry and Meghan, the media is the message

Xtra’s royal watchers weigh in on Megxit, monarchy and mental health

By Thomas Leblanc, Tranna Wintour

Justice

This Ontario-based man wants to change Jamaica’s anti-gay laws

Maurice Tomlinson was forced to flee his home country because he is gay. Now he is battling to end one of the most brutal anti-LGBTQ+ laws on the planet

By KC Hoard

My Safe Space

My phone, a window to a brave new queer world

Watching LGBTQ2S+ content on the small screen of my iPhone is queer escapism, freedom from my everyday mundanities

By Sarah Taher

Identity

Finding euphoria in acts of self-creation

We centre our choice to become, rather than our suffering in not becoming

By Michael Elias

Music

Dax Pierson’s experimental techno chases a ‘queer divine dissatifaction’

The Oakland-based musician says being multi-marginalized helped him face mental and physical recovery

By Jesse Locke

Xtra Weekly

Topline: Finding community from the seat of my bike

The Peloton is a surprising virtual space for LGBTQ2S+ friendship

By Michelle da Silva

Politics

Sarah McBride’s inclusive America

Two months into her role, the new state senator wants to make Delaware a better, safer place—not just for LGBTQ2S+ people but all of its residents

By Max Gao

Identity

No, lesbians are not disappearing

A new Gallup poll finds more Americans than ever identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans—especially Gen Z

By Erica Lenti, Rachel Giese

TV & Film

‘My Name is Pauli Murray’ celebrates an overlooked Black queer civil rights leader and non-binary role model

The latest documentary from the directors of “RBG” tells the story of Pauli Murray, a queer lawyer, racial justice activist and priest born in 1910

By Ilana Masad

Creating Community

A non-binary writer and editor banished from London starts an online zine

Trapped in their parents’ house in Bristol, Sam Moore has found a whole new community of queer writers and editors

By Sam Moore

Ask Kai: Quickies

Everyone thinks I’m gay—except me. Do I need to do anything about this?

Or should I just let it be?

By Xtra Video

My Safe Space

A tiny apartment in Lagos is my personal oasis

In my small-roomed sanctuary, I can exist in a space where my queerness is not policed

By Nelson C.J

TV & Film

‘It’s a Sin’ snatches ephemeral joy from the jaws of death

A Gen-Z skeptic reviews Russell T. Davies’ paean to ’80s hedonism and community

By KC Hoard

Xtra Weekly

Topline: Video calls saved my life

The surprising siblinghood of depression, Kurt Cobain and Super Mario

By Chelle Turingan

Xtra Weekly

Topline: The ABCs of Black queer history

From Alvin Ailey to Lena Waithe

By Tre’vell Anderson

The Xtra Long Read

Inside the world of trans voice training

Learning to feminize the voice isn’t like learning to ride a bike; it’s like learning to walk with someone else’s feet

By Nour Abi-Nakhoul

Music

Join singer/songwriter Kìzis’ love-rave of the future

On her new release, the Montreal-based Algonquin Two-Spirit artist is joined by over 50 collaborators including Owen Pallett, Beverly Glenn-Copeland and Tim Nelson

By Jesse Locke